A Stylistic Analysis of Washington Irving’s Stratford-on-Avon

Washington Irving’s Stratford-on-Avon is an essay which recounts the author’s special pilgrimage to Shakespeare’s hometown and his reflections.This paper tries to analyze this paper from the stylistic perspective and reveals that mentality of the writer,his attitudes,his presuppositions,or his moral stance through the conveyance of meaning and evaluation of his language.     

Corpus-based Analysis on Anti-Semitism in Shakespeare’s Works

Thousands of years ago,the Jews were forced to leave their homeland and began to live an exiled life and gradually melted into other neighboring peoples.However,they were not welcomed by others.For thousands of years,Jews’ "Bible" has become a source of literary and artistic creation,but the image of Jews were excluded from the literary and artistic creation,even if there were some occasions,they were but described as autistic Misers or loan shark.Shakespeare is one of the most outstanding writers;he described many people from all walks of life in his works,the Jews,also included.Based on the corpus of Shakespeare’s works,we can see that most adjectives used by Shakespeare to modify the word "Jew"are derogative words.Therefore,we can prove that anti-Semitism does exist in Shakespeare’s works.     

The Comparison of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 and Baima’s Your Beauty

Shakespeare is one of the most brilliant playwrights and poets in the Middle Ages. Shakespeare’s sonnets created during 1592 to 1598 is not only one of the greatest achievements of his, but also a great leap forward to sonnet itself. With the development of sonnets, Chinese poets begin to learn from western traditional sonnets. Among these poets, Bai Ma is a typical representative. This thesis aims to make a comparison between western traditional sonnets and Chinese sonnets to find out their similarities and dissimilarities through studying Shakespeare’s and Bai Ma’s respective magnum opuses, and to further promote the literary communication of the East-West.     

Destiny Makes Macbeth or Mars Him

Macbeth is the darkest of Shakespeare’s great tragedies.The personification of "Valour" fortifies Macbeth’s strength.This quality makes Macbeth,and mars him.The combination of meanings of the witches’ interpretations hints at Macbeth’s final downfall.Both Macbeth and his wife are victimized by the witches.Macbeth pretends to be friendly with Banquo.But underneath his beautiful skin there is a relentless heart.Lady Macbeth’s desires for political powers are stronger than Macbeth.What Duncan and Banquo think and say forms a sharp contrast to Macbeth’s thoughts and actions.Macbeth is marred by his destiny and by the false creation from his fevered brain.     

The Techniques of Shakespeare’s Persuasion:Comments on Shakespeare’s Sonnets 1-17

In Sonnets 1-17,Shakespeare persuades the Fair Young Man to beget a child so that he can conquest Time and preserve his beauty.Shakespeare’s persuasion is vivid and convincing.This paper analyzes the techniques of his persuasion from three aspects:syllogism,various images and appealing to the emotion.     

The Comparison of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 and Baima’s Your Beauty

Shakespeare is one of the most brilliant playwrights and poets in the Middle Ages. Shakespeare ’s sonnets created dur?ing 1592 to 1598 is not only one of the greatest achievements of his, but also a gr...     

Why must Hamlet Delay in the Revenge?

Hamlet is the greatest tragedy play of William Shakespeare.Hamlet is centred on the hesitation and the options of the heroic Hamlet’s action.The purpose of the paper is to give an analysis of the essential reason of Hamlet’s delay in his revenge.The thesis is arranged as following:firstly,it focuses on the analysis of the complicated characteristics of Hamlet;then,it will anal yse the options that Hamlet has.Hamlet is great with absolute no doubt.     

The Conflict Between Humanism&Feudalism in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play of love that reflects the sharp conflict between humanism and feudalism in the sixteenth century English society, which finds expression in the dispute between Hermia and her father Egeus on her marriage and Hermia’s bold rebellion against the feudalistic parental tyranny. The final success of the lovers in their struggle for the freedom to decide their marriage not only embodies Shakespeare’s humanist ideal but also reflects his firm belief that humanism would inevitably triumph over feudalism.     

The Difference in the Main Conflict between Shakespeare's Hamlet and Feng Xiaogang's The Banquet

Famous Chinese director Feng Xiaogang made a film The Banquet in 2006,which is adapted from Shakespeare’s play Hamlet.However,accounting for the background and cultural difference,the main conflict shown in this film is totally different from Hamlet.The paper will compare Hamlet’s reaction to his father’s death with the plot of the film to illustrate the difference of main conflict between Hamlet and The Banquet.     

King Lear’s“look with thine ears”and Shakespeare’s Grammar School Training

About Shakespeare’s classic learning, Ben Jonson’s“small Latin and less Greek”has long been regarded precise and pertinent. This essay, however, is to explore the other part of the picture. In King Lea...     

On the "Oedipus Complex" in Sons and Lovers—Mother is a lover of her son

Sons and Lovers is one of Lawrence’s most famous novels.It mainly concerns about the love affairs among the main character—Paul,his mother and his two girlfriends.The mother’s strange love has affected the boys for a long time,which even has made him lose the ability to love other girls.As a result,Paul gradually has the"Oedipus Complex"towards his mother,and it has influenced the whole lifetime of himself.During the competition of grasp the heart of Paul,Miriam and Clara are all the losers,while they both can’t drag Paul out of the influence from his mother.It is not until the death of his mother does Paul finally escape from the control of his mother.All the origins can be concluded into one thing—that is the Paul’s"Oedipus Complex"towards his mother.What is the"Oedipus Complex",and how does it reflect in the main content?How does it influence the emotions of Paul step by step?This essay will elaborate it in detail.     

To Be Is to Create—Essence of Life in the First 17 Sonnets of Shakespeare

It is generally acknowledged that the first 17 sonnets of Shakespeare is a set of poems to urge a young man to get married and have a baby so as to immortalize his beauty.However,these sonnets mirror Shakespeare’s mediations on life and death.Man is by nature mortal being,and time is the enemy of life.To endure beauty long,man can fight against time by means of child-bearing and poetic creation.The first 17 sonnets address the theme:the essence of life is to create.     

Ecclesiastical Wisdom and the Absurd in Hamlet

The element of absurd in Shakespeare’s plays has its roots in Old Testament wisdom literature, particularly in the book of Ecclesiastes. The thesis gives some examples from the book of Ecclesiastes to present the existence of the absurd and shows several elements in Hamlet.     

Interpretation of Ecocriticism on The Call of the Wild

Ecocriticism is the combination of contemporary ecological thought and literary study,which has the double features of both literary and cultural criticism.The Call of the Wild is Jack London’ s masterpiece,and also one of his most successful animal novels.This paper attempts to interpret this novel from the perspective of ecologism to analyze the symbolic meaning of Buck’ s desocialization and his returning to nature.Also it emphasizes the theme that human beings should take their obligations seriously and live in harmony with nature.     

An Analysis of Long Day’s Journey into Night from the Perspective of the Cooperative Principle

Eugene O’Neill,one of the essential writers of the 20th century,was hailed as the“American Shakespeare.”He enjoyed a high reputation in America owing to his special writing techniques.Long Day’s Journey into Night was his last play,which was an autobiographical play to some extent,and founded on his own authentic experience.The play told the story of an Irish immigrant family’s daily life from day to night.Among the studies at home and abroad,many discuss this play from a psychological perspective and Feminist perspective.The article,instead,gives an interpretation of this play according to Cooperative Principle.Through the analysis of their conversations,it points out what principles their communications violated so as to understand the implied meaning of their conversations.The thesis tries to study the conversations between Mary and other family members,and then demonstrate that Mary is the most tragic person in the family.     

All Walk Free:Portia’ s Illiteracy of Law

In Shakespeare’ s Merchant of Venice,Portia is portrayed as a legal expert.Considerable scholarly work has been devoted to the discussion of the play,and Portia’ s ruling appears to be supported by a majority of scholarly commentary.However,a number of important legal issues regarding the contract represented in the play require immediate attention.This article attempts to re-evaluate Portia’ s ruling and the conventional views on Portia as a legal expert by considering the issues in question within a recent framework of law,and will argue that Portia’ s role as a legal expert is questionable.Antonio,Bassanio,and Shylock can all ’ walk free’.     

On the Formation of Lawrence’s Tragic Thought

Tragic thought has been interwoven throughout D.H.Lawrence’s works,and his tragic sense is the direct result of the social realities,cultural context and his personal experiences.     

The Spiritual Prototype of Santiago in Greek Mythology

As the hero in Ernest Hemingway’s greatest masterpiece,The Old Man and the Sea,Santiago has always been considered as a perfect example of Hemingway’s stoical protagonists.Being one of the classic characters in the American literature,Santiago is noticed for his strength,wisdom,bravery,and above all,his unsurpassed endurance.Even though the prototype of Santia go in reality,as Hemingway once revealed in an interview,is an old Cuban fisherman who told him about his experience of catching a large marlin and losing it to the sharks in 1935[海],the spiritual prototype of the old man has been best interpreted in the Greek Mythology.To be more precise,Santiago’s spiritual prototype is the combination of Atlas,Prometheus and Sisyphus.     

Henry James’ View on Marriage in The Portrait of a Lady

Henry James is a great master of world literature and a prolific American writer in the 19th century.The portrayal of woman has been a prominent feature of his works.This thesis is mainly about Henry James’s view of marriage revealed in the Portrait of a Lady,and the relationship between his life and his works.